English-Thai Dictionary
kickshaw
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
KICKSHAW
n. 1. Something fantastical or uncommon, or something that has no particular name.
2. A dish so changed by cooking, that it can scarcely be known.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
KICKSHAW
KICKSHAW Kick "shaw `, n.
Defn: See Kickshaws, the correct singular.
KICKSHAWS
Kick "shaws `, n.; pl. Kickshawses Etym: [Corrupt. fr. F. guelgue chose something, fr. L. gualis of what kind (akin to E. which ) + suffix - guam + causa cause, in LL. , a thing. See Which, and Cause. ]
1. Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy. Art thou good at these kickshawses! Shak.
2. A fancy dish; a titbit; a delicacy. Some pigeons,... a joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny kickshaws. Shak. Cressy was lost by kickshaws and soup-maigre. Fenton.
New American Oxford Dictionary
kickshaw
kick shaw |ˈkikˌSHô ˈkɪkˌʃɔ | ▶noun archaic a fancy but insubstantial cooked dish, esp. one of foreign origin. • an elegant but insubstantial trinket. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French quelque chose ‘something. ’ The French spelling was common in the 17th cent. ; the present form results from interpretation of quelque chose as plural.
Oxford Dictionary
kickshaw
kick |shaw |ˈkɪkʃɔː | ▶noun archaic a fancy but insubstantial cooked dish, especially one of foreign origin. • chiefly N. Amer. an elegant but insubstantial trinket. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French quelque chose ‘something ’. The French spelling was common in the 17th cent. ; the present form results from interpretation of quelque chose as plural.
The Wordsmith Dictionary